Jebrawebbed: Our Blog

That's the sound of goals being smashed! Two years ago, I went to one of those networking/brainstorming events where business owners get serious about planning. We all had to carefully consider the tasks that, if we achieved them, would make the year feel...

It's been far longer than it should have been since the last time Jebraweb released a blog post into the world. (Replace the word "Jebraweb" with the name of your business, and I'll bet that sentence might still be true.) Just like you, we've been really...

We love working with new clients. There are always new processes and user preferences to learn, new palettes and logo styles and design styles to incorporate into brand new designs. They're a lot of fun -- but there's a special feeling of excitement at Jebraweb HQ...

Recently, I traveled internationally. Both because I care about my clients' ability to reach me AND because I rely on my phone heavily for everything, I ponied up some extra cash to pay for an international data plan. I could use my phone for everything abroad that I...

I'll admit it: you can't touch or hold the product I'm selling. You'll never be able to package it, ship it, weigh it, or put it on your coffee table. I'm not selling a thing; I'm selling a service. It's hard to sell a service, yet millions and millions of web sites...

You know you have them: pesky, poorly-functioning or long-outdated spots around the edges of your web site. You've seen them accidentally, perhaps when you've ego-surfed your company and found forgotten pages in the search results. You've been called by a prospective...

2015 brought us some subtle, seemingly-invisible changes in the way web sites worked to support and enhance the businesses and organizations they represent. For many web site owners, this was less the year of the redesign than it was the year of the behind-the-scenes...

I've begun to receive regular requests from my clients for "pop-ups," alternately called "pop up windows" or "you know, a little box that comes up with some extra information?" I don't like them. I don't like them at all. That said, as the consultant and designer that...

There are only two acceptable effects your web site should have on your customers: No effect at all. It's just there, and maybe they never even use it. An improvement in the way they interact with your organization or business, by making it easier for them to buy...

Some business owners can do it all: find the commercial space for their business, paint it, install the new light fixtures, find affordable office furniture online, source and hire all their employees via Craigslist, design their own business cards/print ads/online...

We have all become masters of online research in recent years, and perhaps none are so masterful as business owners. Need to find the best quality (but affordable) business cards? Google it. Need to learn how to use your new Square credit card reader? Surely there's a...

As you prepare to build a new web site, redesign an old one, or make changes to the way your organization handles its online presence, there are hundreds of tiny decisions that compete for your attention. Do you need a new logo? Do you want to use WordPress, Joomla,...

Redesigning a site is always both a great adventure and a great challenge. There's the fun of approaching the work from the new perspective of where the client wants to be while holding onto knowledge of what already doesn't work for them, and there's the challenge of...

WordPress. Stock photo collections. Design magazines. These are the kinds of resources on which web site owners rely heavily to do the work of building and maintaining their online content, and heaven knows we'd all be lost without them. They get web site owners...

Last week, the emergency brake light on my car's dashboard would not turn off. I checked the brake itself. Whether it was up or down, the light remained on. It didn't feel like it was engaged when I was driving. My gas mileage stayed the same. The car is fifteen years...

It must be web site redesign season. Everyone is calling us to ask for new web sites, additional sections and functionality, or spiffed-up graphics and layouts. Last week, I wrote about the great fun I hadredesigning the web site for a local jewelry artist, Elizabeth...

I love doing web site redesigns. These days, web sites have come to mean so much to the organizations they represent that a web site that doesn't fit anymore affects every aspect of the business. Clients who want a redesign may want it for any of several reasons:...

Business owners have limited supplies of three things: time, patience, and money. Whichever of those items is the scarcest commodity in the moment will determine the relative importance of finding hidden stores of the other two. Most often for my clients, money is the...